12747363, the 78-year-old chanting the word "n***a" several times Posted by rdhull, Tue Mar-10-15 05:20 PM
>Video Appears To Show Oklahoma Frat's House Mom Chanting >'N***a' Several Times >The Huffington Post | By Katie Sola >Email >Posted: 03/10/2015 3:02 pm EDT Updated: 1 hour ago > > >Shortly after the house mother at the University of Oklahoma >Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter said she couldn't >believe her charges sang a racist song, the school's newspaper >drew attention to a video that appears to show the 78-year-old >chanting the word "n***a" several times. > >In an interview with CBS, Beauton Gilbow -- who said she's >lived at fraternity house for 15 years -- tearfully told a >reporter she was surprised by the actions of members filmed >singing "There will never be a n***** in SAE" on a bus. > >"I heard the words. Unbelievable. This is not... this is not >SAE," she said. > >Monday evening, the Daily Oklahoman published a video of what >appears to be Gilbow chanting "n***a" seven times as Trinidad >James' "All Gold Everything" plays in the background. > >The lyrics to the song read "Don't believe me, just watch >n***a, n***a, n***a," but the word is never repeated seven >times. > > Vine Link! https://vine.co/v/bg5KM7Fx7zJ > > > >Vine user demi stevenson uploaded the video on Feb. 24, 2013. >The University of Oklahoma student directory lists a Demi >Leigh Stevenson as a junior in the College of Arts and >Sciences. Emails to her school address were not returned. > >Gilbow was not immediately available for comment. > >On Monday, OU President David Boren decried the actions of the >fraternity brothers seen in the video and announced the >university had "severed" ties with the chapter. He ordered >members to vacate the house. A statement from the school read, >in part: > >To those who have misused their free speech in such a >reprehensible way, I have a message for you. You are >disgraceful. You have violated all that we stand for. You >should not have the privilege of calling yourselves >“Sooners.” Real Sooners are not racist. Real Sooners are >not bigots. Real Sooners believe in equal opportunity. Real >Sooners treat all people with respect. Real Sooners love each >other and take care of each other like family members. >Two students who were "identified as playing a leadership role >in the singing of a racist chant" were expelled from the >university Tuesday. "There is zero tolerance for this kind of >threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma," >Boren said in a statement. > > > >. >. >. >"Today is your day to have a better life -- it's your right."
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